Hose-cart.



ALBERT HASSE, PERU, ILLINOIS.

HOSE-CART.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 20, 1907.

Application filed gust 13, 1906. Serial No. 330,411.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALBERT I-Inssn, a citizen of the United States,residing at Peru, in the county of Lasalle and State of Illinois, haveinvented a new and useful Improvement in Hose-Carts, of which thefollowing is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in hose carts such as are generallyused by fire departments and more particularly those that are drawn byhand, and has for its object the production of a hose cart which doesnot have a reel, and which is always balanced, and from which the hosecan be readily removed Without the danger of damaging the couplings, andwhich can be very lightly and inexpensively constructed. I attain theseobjects by the mechanism illustrated in the accompanying drawings, inwhich;

Figure 1, represents a sectional View of the hose cart showing myinvention. Fig. 2, is a top view of the hose cart.

Similar figures refer to similar parts in all the drawings.

The axle 2 of my cart is journaled in the wheels 1 in the usual manner.Attached to the axle 2 by means of the U-shaped bolts 3 is the forkedhandle frame 6, the prongs of said forked handle frame 6 passing throughthe U-shaped bolts 3, which in turn pass through tieplates 4 immediatelyabove and resting upon the axle 2, said tie-plates being held in placeby means of the nuts 5 which are screwed on to the threaded stems of theU-shaped bolts 3. It will be readily seen that by loosening the nuts 5the forked handle frame 6 can be moved either forward or backward.Fastened to and depending from the prongs of the forked handle frame 6are four vertical bars 10 whose lower ends are fastened to a pan orreceptacle 12 which in my invention is used to carry the hose. Onemethod of placing the hose in the pan is shown in Fig. 2 in which 13 isthe body of the hose, while 15 is the male end and 11 is the female endof said hose, which end 15 is placed in the corner of the pan and thehose packed against itself bringing the female end last and which incase of removing the hose is first removed, when the remainder of thehose readily follows, coming off layer after layer just as it was puton.

9 is the handle by means of which the cart is drawn.

8 is a projection on forked handle frame 6 into which the rod 7 ispivotally connected and which serves to keep the handle elevated whencart is not being used.

In hose carts using the reel for the hose, it is well known fact, thatit requires more than one man to draw the cart along at a fair speed andlay off the hose when the end is attached to the hydrant. One man caneasily draw my hose cart in laying off the hose. With the reel there isalways the danger of ruining the couplings on the hose due to the reelcontinuing to rotate after the cart is stopped, which will render thehose useless. In my cart this danger is entirely eliminated. It isevident that my cart can be kept in perfect balance by means of theU-shaped bolts 3.

I claim;

In a hand hose cart, a forked handle frame having rigid prongs, meansfor adjustahly fastening said prongs to the axle between the wheels inwhich said axle is journaled. said means comprising the Ushapcd bolts51, the tie plate 4 and the nuts 5, in combination with a pan suspendedfrom said prongs by means of the bars rigidly fastened to said prongsand said pan, substantially as shown and described.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing" witnesses.

ALBERT I'IASSE. Witnesses .T. E. Senna,

O'r'ro .I. Lon Km.

